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🏆 British Championship (1949)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Dennis Morton Horne, James Macrae Aitken, Gerald Abrahams, Theodore Tylor, Leonard Barden, Reginald Broadbent, William Albert Fairhurst, George Thomas, John Arthur Fuller, Andrew Thomas, Edward Guthlac Sergeant, Harry Golombek, Charles Hunter, Jonathan Penrose, Alan Phillips, Frank Parr, Leo Derby, David Vincent Hooper, Otto Friedman, Herbert Gibson Rhodes, Alfred William Bowen, Ronald MacKay Bruce, Joseph Stone, Stefan Fazekas, Richard Hilary Newman, Harry Ivor Woolverton, Harold Israel, Oliver Penrose, Reginald Walter Bonham, Douglas Riley, Peter Harris

British Championship (1949) Played at the grammar school in Felixstowe, England, 8-19 August 1949. Rest day: Sunday 14 August. Number of games played: 16 x 11 = 176. Harry Golombek was British Champion for the 2nd time, with 8.5/11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 01 Golombek +18 +26 +08 +15 =09 +04 -11 +05 +03 =02 =07 8½ 02 Fazekas =32 -30 +25 +28 +07 +09 =05 =11 +17 =01 +04 8 03 Horne =04 =07 -26 +32 +31 +06 +09 +16 -01 +11 +05 8 04 G A Thomas =03 +17 =21 +10 =16 -01 +14 +12 +11 =05 -02 7 05 Bowen +25 =08 +14 -09 +15 +16 =02 -01 +19 =04 -03 6½ 06 A R B Thomas +28 =32 =30 =07 =26 -03 -20 =13 +18 +16 +17 6½ 07 Tylor =31 =03 +12 =06 -02 +08 -10 +26 +09 =17 =01 6½ 08 Fuller +24 =05 -01 +17 -12 -07 =23 +30 +15 +19 =11 6½ 09 Fairhurst +27 =21 +11 +05 =01 -02 -03 +20 -07 =14 +12 6½ 10 Broadbent -26 +18 +32 -04 -20 +13 +07 -17 +28 =12 +14 6½ 11 Hooper +20 =15 -09 +23 +30 +21 +01 =02 -04 -03 =08 6½ 12 Barden -14 +24 -07 +27 +08 =26 +21 -04 +16 =10 -09 6 13 O Penrose -21 +27 -16 =19 =17 -10 +31 =06 +29 +20 =15 6 14 Hunter +12 =16 -05 +29 -21 +15 -04 =19 +23 =09 -10 5½ 15 Parr +19 =11 +29 -01 -05 -14 +28 =18 -08 +21 =13 5½ 16 Newman +22 =14 +13 =30 =04 -05 +26 -03 -12 -06 +23 5½ 17 Israel =23 -04 +20 -08 =13 +31 +18 +10 -02 =07 -06 5½ 18 J Penrose -01 -10 -27 +24 +32 +22 -17 =15 -06 +29 =20 5 19 Phillips -15 =25 =24 =13 =23 +28 +30 =14 -05 -08 =22 5 20 Stone -11 =22 -17 +25 +10 =30 +06 -09 =21 -13 =18 5 21 Aitken +13 =09 =04 =26 +14 -11 -12 =23 =20 -15 =24 5 22 Bonham -16 =20 -28 -31 +25 -18 =29 =24 +32 +30 =19 5 23 Friedman =17 -29 +31 -11 =19 +27 =08 =21 -14 +26 -16 5 24 Derby -08 -12 =19 -18 -27 +29 =32 =22 +25 +28 =21 5 25 Harris -05 =19 -02 -20 -22 +32 +27 -28 -24 +31 +26 4½ 26 Sergeant +10 -01 +03 =21 =06 =12 -16 -07 =30 -23 -25 4 27 Rhodes -09 -13 +18 -12 +24 -23 -25 -29 =31 +32 =28 4 28 Riley -06 =31 +22 -02 +29 -19 -15 +25 -10 -24 =27 4 29 Bruce =30 +23 -15 -14 -28 -24 =22 +27 -13 -18 +32 4 30 Woolverton =29 +02 =06 =16 -11 =20 -19 -08 =26 -22 =31 4 31 Russ =07 =28 -23 +22 -03 -17 -13 -32 =27 -25 =30 3 32 Abrahams =02 =06 -10 -03 -18 -25 =24 +31 -22 -27 -29 2½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Eileen Tranmer won the British Ladies' Championship for the 2nd time, with 11/11. Game dates There are 121 missing games (8 April 2022) Round 01: Monday 8 August Round 02: Tuesday 9 August Round 03: Wednesday 10 August Round 04: Thursday 11 August Round 05: Friday 12 August Round 06: Saturday 13 August ----------- Round 07: Monday 15 August Round 08: Tuesday 16 August Round 09: Wednesday 17 August Round 10: Thursday 18 August Round 11: Friday 19 August Sources Photo: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6GMz8yo... BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Previous (12-player round robin): British Championship (1948). Next: British Championship (1950)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J M Aitken vs O Penrose   1-0 49 1949 British Championship C71 Ruy Lopez 2. R Bruce vs H I Woolverton   ½-½ 28 1949 British Championship A10 English 3. W Fairhurst vs H G Rhodes   1-0 25 1949 British Championship D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O 4. J A Fuller vs L Derby 1-0 14 1949 British Championship B02 Alekhine's Defense 5. A Phillips vs F Parr   0-1 37 1949 British Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 6. W Fairhurst vs J M Aitken   ½-½ 36 1949 British Championship D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. E G Sergeant vs Golombek   0-1 36 1949 British Championship B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 8. F Parr vs D V Hooper   ½-½ 31 1949 British Championship D00 Queen's Pawn Game 9. O Friedman vs R Bruce   0-1 31 1949 British Championship E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 10. D V Hooper vs W Fairhurst   0-1 42 1949 British Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 11. R Bruce vs F Parr   0-1 49 1949 British Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 12. J M Aitken vs G Thomas   ½-½ 24 1949 British Championship C71 Ruy Lopez 13. W Fairhurst vs A W Bowen   ½-½ 55 1949 British Championship D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. E G Sergeant vs J M Aitken   ½-½ 40 1949 British Championship B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 15. F Parr vs Golombek   0-1 39 1949 British Championship A47 Queen's Indian 16. C Hunter vs R Bruce   1-0 40 1949 British Championship B58 Sicilian 17. J M Aitken vs C Hunter 1-0 11 1949 British Championship C70 Ruy Lopez 18. A W Bowen vs F Parr   1-0 31 1949 British Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. R Broadbent vs J Stone   0-1 52 1949 British Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 20. R Bruce vs D Riley   0-1 40 1949 British Championship A13 English 21. D V Hooper vs H I Woolverton   1-0 27 1949 British Championship D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. Golombek vs W Fairhurst   ½-½ 39 1949 British Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. F Parr vs C Hunter   0-1 41 1949 British Championship D00 Queen's Pawn Game 24. O Penrose vs R Broadbent 0-1 18 1949 British Championship A53 Old Indian 25. L Derby vs R Bruce   1-0 38 1949 British Championship E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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